Hong Kong Ham

Thanks to mondo-wicked MP3 blog Sixeyes, today I discovered Scott Matthew. An Australian living in Brookyln, Matthew plays quiet folk that’s a not-too-distant relative of work from Antony and the Johnsons.

He’s my new favourite, and I’ve only heard two of his tracks.

He even lives up to what in most musicians’ cases is biographical hyperbole:

“His voice cries without whining. His songs accuse without soliciting pity. Scott Matthew’s music has truth and exigency. And he forms this into songs that are purely magnetic, that expose an honest beauty and sorrow, allowing listeners to take and feel part of the experience.”

The song ‘Abandoned’, in particular, is worth your attention. Do it already.